Family Pictures...



The Knokes

Nic, Hannah, Rueben, Laura (Fred)
Uncle Frank, Aunt Lana
Emma, Jesika, and Spot


The Parks'

Dad, Brady, Mom
Kyla, Colton, Sonja



The Kidlets

Colton, Emma, Kyla, Jesika, and Rueben

Christmas Day One

Family Pictures!


Just see how many times you can find Colton with the remote control. He loves that thing. Grandpa had to give him one without batteries otherwise Colton would do all kinds of crazy stuff to the TV.




The Abrahamsons

Kyla (3), Colton (1), Brady (29), and Sonja (29)



The Parks'

Judaya (9), William (2), Kris (29), and Justina (29)



Grandma and Grandpa with the grandchildren

Kyla (3), William (2), Judaya (9), Colton (1), Grandpa (29), and Grandma (29)



Gigi with her great-grandchildren

Gigi, (29), Kyla (3), Colton (1), William (2), and Judaya (9)

As Grandma reads the Christmas story, Will comes in for a hug.





It was so sweet. We're all sitting there and all of a sudden Kyla puts her arm around Judaya. That kind of stuff just makes my heart smile.

Look at this!! It's just nuts!

More heart smiling...

"YEEHAW!" Will got a rocking horse. It's so cute, the horse neighs and swishes it's tail.




Judaya. She's getting so big.

Awww... Kyla and her daddy.

GiGi!!

Here's Colton ripping into his present.





Kyla couldn't wait to play dress up. Here she's showing us her new shoes...

Judaya couldn't wait either...

Doing what Kris does best... That can't be comfortable.

SANTA!!

As we were getting ready to celebrate William's birthday, Santa arrived!! Everyone was so excited!! Grandma's in a frenzy to get her camera ready...






And what do you want for Christmas, Kyla?
"I want a sink for my dollies."

This is as close as Colton would get without crying.

As Santa tells the kids just how good Grandma was when she was little we hear a, "Watch that hand, Santa."

It was so much fun. At one point Kyla called him, "Santie Wantie!" She still talks about how Santa came to see her before Christmas. The night after Christmas Kyla came running from the window, "I see him, I see him!! C'mon! I have to go to bed right now!" I explained to her that Santa was just checking to make sure she liked her things and that she was sharing with her brother.

Happy Birthday Will!

Isn't this pretty? This was Saturday, December 22nd. What a perfect day for the Christmas season.

William's (Kris' son) birthday is December 25th. We celebrated his second birthday a little early so he could have his own party. Isn't that a cool cake?





"We want cake! We want cake!"

Will can't help himself. He just has to taste it!

Kyla shows Will how to "work it."

Christmas Card Photo Shoot.

All I can say is, "Whew!"



Take 1


Oh, how sweet!

Take 68

"C'mon, Coltie! Just say cheese!"

Take 103

Maybe we should try something else. How about in front of the half decorated tree?

"Cheese!"

Take 187


Let's try singing Christmas Carols. Kyla, how about "Jingle Bells?" Hang on Buddy. Let's try and get a good picture.

Take 323


Okay, maybe we need to take a breather...

Take 324


Kyla, where's that pretty smile? There. I'll take it!

Take 629

Our Child Care Christmas Party!

Welcome to our child care Christmas party! Not only did Mom and Dad come but all of our Grandpa's and Grandma's came too! We had so much fun! First we put on a Christmas Pageant for everyone. Wait until you see what parts we played!




Here is Joseph and Mary asking the Inn Keeper for a room.

Austin as the Inn Keeper, Noah as Joseph, and Stella as Mary.

He didn't have room for them so he brought them out to the stable. That's where baby Jesus was born!

Gabe as baby Jesus.



Then there were angels! The one on the left is particularily cute. The one on the right isn't that bad though either...

Nora as a shephard, Kyla as an angel, and Max as an angel.

Here's Trevor as one of the sheep...



And our personal favorite...

Here's the whole group.